Tag: Ted Cruz

CNN was very upset that Republicans were not coming on their programming in the wake of the school shooting tragedy this week. On Wednesday, a gunman opened fire at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17. Brian Stelter — CNN’s human-egg hybrid — personally whined that GOP congressmen were “scared” to come on their programming after the tragedy. “What are they afraid of?” a CNN graphic flashed on “New Day.” One of CNN’s most intellectual personalities, Chris Cuomo, joined in on the dog piling. Cuomo — who is…

In an interview on Fox News about the awful Texas shooting that took 26 lives, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that he had introduced legislation with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) in 2013 that could have prevented the horror, but Democrats filibustered it. “We could have prevented this,” Cruz said, “in 2013 in the wake of Sandy Hook, I joined with Chuck Grassley, we introduced legislation that was called the Grassley-Cruz legislation. And it was aggressive legislation targeting felons and violent criminals to stop them from getting guns.” “There were a…

On Sunday, a man named Devin Kelley opened fire on a small Texas church using a “Ruger AR-type of assault rifle” and killed 26 people. Since the catastrophe, politicians, celebrities, and activists have urged President Donald Trump and politicians in Congress to do something about gun control. Many have even stated that “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough. Dana Goldberg ✔@DGComedy To all the politicians offering thoughts and prayers as they deposit their money from the NRA, these people WERE praying when they died, so maybe let’s start somewhere else this…

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is renewing a push for Congress to pass legislation that would revoke the citizenship of any American who tries to join the Islamic State or other terrorist groups. Cruz thinks that banning people from terrorist-stricken countries from entering the U.S. only deals with half of the problem, and that the federal government also needs to worry about U.S. citizens who may try the same thing. “If an American citizen travels abroad and joins a terrorist group waging jihad on America, attempting to murder innocent Americans, this…

At a closed-door meeting with big money GOP donors, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned the Republican Party will sustain major losses in 2018 if they fail to enact President Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda. CBS News reports: “If we do nothing, if tax reform crashes and burns, if Obamacare nothing happens, we could face a bloodbath. I think we have the potential of seeing a Watergate-style blowout,” the Texas Republican said at a Koch brothers donors meeting at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, echoed…